Asters provide something to look forward to in the second half of summer

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When the wall first came down in Berlin, shopping trips seemed to be all in one direction. East Berliners staggered home across the divide laden with more carriers than a bag-lady. Food and modern electronic gadgetry seemed to be top of their shopping lists, but when trade with Eastern Europe started in the opposite direction, one of the unexpected arrivals was seed of garden flowers that we in the West had once had, but which had been long lost.










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